Get Wanderlei gear on the cheap – sponsor spotlight: MMA Warehouse
If you’re a mark for Wandy or love deals on MMA t-shirts, check out the below items… WAND brand shirts and hats for under $20 at MMA Warehouse. (click images to jump to WAND gear page) The Liddell gear must be selling well ’cause none of it is on sale; full price if you wanna show your love for the Iceman. Check out more Wanderlei Silva content on FiveOuncesofPain.com Read More →
Pain Poll: 5 Oz. Staff Picks UFC 79
The “Pain Poll” is back, this time as the staff of FiveOuncesOfPain.com weigh-in with their picks for UFC 79. Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Hughes for interim UFC welterweight title Sam Caplan: The short training camp that St. Pierre was subjected to isn’t enough to bridge the gap between he and Hughes. Hughes is a tremendous fighter but GSP just has too much in his arsenal and he proved... [Read More...]
UFC marketing moving towards a “24/7″ style?
Take this for what it’s worth, but a poster by the name of NoHo responded to a thread on the UG about Wanderlei Silva. NoHo claims has was involved in the filming and editing of the Wanderlei Silva All Access and UFC 79 Countdown shows. He seems to be pretty legit. He had some interesting stories to share, which seem to be pretty legit, and he also had this interesting nugget of information: Yes.... [Read More...]
Matt Hughes has issues with Tim Sylvia
Not convinced yet that Matt Hughes is an asshole? Well, look no further than the following conversation between he and Tim Sylvia in an excerpt from his new book courtesy of The Sun: “Tim Sylvia walked over to me during practice. His back was hunched a bit, like Pat’s is, but Pat I could look in the face. ‘Can I talk to you a second?’ he asked. “Sure thing.” He led me into an office and... [Read More...]
UFC 79 Video: Chuck Liddell on ESPNews’ “Hot List”
Chuck Liddell appeared on ESPNews’ program “Hot List” today to talk about fighting Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79. Read More →
Report: Evan Tanner vs. Yushin Okami at UFC 82
According to a report at MMA Mania, Evan Tanner will be making his return to the Octagon on March 1st, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio against UFC middleweight contender Yushin Okami. So much for warm-up fights. Okami is among the best middlweights in the world right now and is a huge challenge for a guy, in Evan Tanner, who hasn’t fought in over a year. Why would the UFC give... [Read More...]
UFC 79: Adam Morgan of 5 Oz. of Pain breaks down the fights (audio)
I was fortunate enough to be a guest on the Mo Egger Show this morning on 1530 HOMER The Sports Animal, a local sports talk station here in Cincinnati, Ohio. We talked about Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva, Matt Hughes vs. GSP, why you should buy this card, and a couple of other MMA related items. Big thanks to Mo for having me on and letting me plug Five Ounces of Pain as much as I did. Click HERE... [Read More...]
UFC 79: Stephan Bonnar, Arianny Celeste, & TJ Lavin pick the winners (video)
Excellent fight breakdowns/predictions made by Stephan Bonnar in this 8+ minute video. Ring girl Arianny is there for the eye candy, and X-Games champion TJ Lavin is there for ???. The fights they’re picking: Matt Hughes Vs. GSP Chuck Liddell Vs. Wanderlei Silva Lyoto Machida Vs. Rameau Sokoudjou Video provide by Raw Vegas TV Check back for a TON of UFC 79 content on FiveOuncesofPain.com Read More →
Elvis Sinosic talks MMA expansion; his time in the UFC; being a “Gatekeeper” and much more in new 5 Oz. interview
I recently conducted an email based interview with “The King Of Rock ‘n’ Rumble” Elvis Sinosic. This to some of you won’t seem like much but if you have ever read an interview with Elvis, you will know he gives very good answers to all questions presented to him. Also, considering that the UFC has been talking about promoting a show in Australia in 2008 or shortly thereafter,... [Read More...]
IFL commissioner Otto talks World Grand Prix; whether Angle really wants to fight; Shamus’ departure; the current TV situation; and more in exclusive interview
It’s a big week for the IFL, which is prepping for the finals of its World Grand Prix event this Saturday at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. The card, to be televised live on HDNet at 9:30 p.m. ET, will feature five title matches that will crown first-time champions in the featherweight, lightweight welterweight, middleweight, and heavyweight divisions. Despite a crammed schedule... [Read More...]
Report: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon on April 2nd
According a report from Loretta Hunt of The Fight Network: Ken Florian and Joe Lauzon have verbally agreed to meet in a headlining UFC lightweight bout on Spike TV, Florian’s camp confirmed Wednesday. The proposed match-up would see the pair of popular New England fighters meet in the main event for a UFC Fight Night tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 2. Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon is great... [Read More...]
Sean Sherk on B.J. Penn: “The guy is a pothead”
From a recent interview with Fight Hype where they ask Sean Sherk to respond to some of the things that B.J. Penn has had to say about him: “Oh, nice! My response is I’ve done everything I could do to prove my innocence, including a polygraph examination. I’d like to strap him up to a polygraph and find out when was the last time he smoked reefer. The guy is a pothead and he wants to talk about... [Read More...]
Eighth and final bout for Yarennoka expected to feature Zentsov vs. Russow
ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com) has learned from a well-placed source that the eighth and final bout for Yarennoka! in Japan on Dec. 31 is expected to feature Roman Zentsov vs. Mike Russow. ProElite.com has also learned from a separate source that Russow is also under consideration to fight on M-1 Global’s first card in the U.S. The bout between Zentsov and Russow is expected to kick off... [Read More...]
UFC 79 Video: Chuck Liddell “pretty sure” he can knock out Wanderlei Silva
In this ESPN.com video, Chuck Liddell talks about this Saturday’s fight vs. Wanderlei Silva. According to Liddell, he’ll have a bit of a reach advantage on Silva. It also sounds like he believes Silva’s aggressive nature is suited well to his own style. Read More →
UFC 79 Video: Wanderlei Silva breaks down Chuck Liddell
In this ESPN.com video, Wanderlei Silva not only breaks down Chuck Liddell’s game (check out where he’s critical of Liddell’s head movement) but he talks about not being able to kick a downed opponent anymore but that he can now throw elbows instead. Silva also expresses his belief that he’ll be fighting for the title in ’08. Read More →
UFC 79 Video: St. Pierre still looks up to Hughes
In this ESPN.com video, Georges St. Pierre talks about Saturday’s fight with Matt Hughes and how he feels he has better coaching and training partners. In light of Hughes’ decision to leave MFS, I tend to agree. Read More →
UFC 79 Video: Hughes says GSP is better than Serra
In this ESPN.com video, Matt Hughes discusses how he thinks this Saturday’s fight vs. Georges St. Pierre will be a more exciting fight for the fans than his previously scheduled fight vs. Matt Serra. Hughes also talks about how he wasn’t worried about Serra taking him down, only how he was worried about his heavy hands and how he considers GSP to be the bigger threat on the ground. Read More →
UFC fights that should and can happen in ’08
The UFC increased the frequency in which they held fight cards in 2007 and 2008 is looking as though it will be just as active of a year, if not more so. January will feature two cards, UFC 80 in New Castle, England on January 19 and UFC Fight Night 12 on Jan. 23. February will kick off with UFC 81 on February 2 in Vegas and will be proceeded by UFC 82 on March 1 in Columbus, Ohio. March could be an... [Read More...]
Joe Stevenson doesn’t like the idea of Floyd Mayweather in MMA
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson, who will be fighting B.J. Penn at UFC 80, apparently hates the idea of Floyd Mayweather making the crossover to mixed martial arts. From Yahoo! Sports: “He represents himself in a different manner and it’s not the way I think is correct for our athletes,” Stevenson said. “You don’t brag about how much money you make. That’s totally... [Read More...]
Matt Arroyo and Alan Berube are trying out for The Amazing Race
TUF 5′s Alan Berube and TUF 6′s Matt Arroyo are apparently trying out for the upcoming season of the reality television show The Amazing Race on CBS. Before the latest season of TUF, Arroyo created a tryout video that featured Berube. It was really well done and probably weighed heavily on the producers when it came to the “personality” category of the fighters. Well, Berube... [Read More...]
